as a sportsman he uses his 21- foot boston whaler and travels nearly five miles offshore but these crabbers stay close and use a kayak. big boats, little boats, how about no boats? for that matter you don't even need your own crab trap to catch crab. >> whoo. >> >> >> reporter: no crabby crabbers here. for $60, party boats like this will take you out and show you how to pull your own crab trap. >> look at that. >> reporter: the skipper says good weather and calm seas produced a perfect storm last weekend. >> i have never seen so much activity in the harbor. the launch ramp was backed up over a mile. >> reporter: for the moment the sport fishermen have the ocean to themselves. it will still be a while, however, before you can crab in the stores. commercial season starts later and it is those professional boats that supply the markets. in a little over a week, the commercial fleet will be allowed to go out and get crabs, too. but whether they leave the docks or not will depend on if they can negotiate a good price with the buyers. in half moon bay, don ford, cbs 5. >>> all right. everybody on